At least it's not the Sven era, where his response to calls for Andy Johnson to get a call-up ended with him playing on the wing, therefore "proving" he wasn't good enough.
All depends how we play really. Hodgson's favoured the diamond with 2 up front, like Liverpool used last season which would make it Kane, Welbeck, Rooney, Sturridge and Sterling competing for the 3 spots. I could see Rooney and Kane fitting into that together but really he should be dropped, same with Welbeck if we're going on club form. Personally I'd leave all the youngsters out and promote any under 21s after the Euros this summer. They've got 10+ years of international football ahead of them, no need to rush it, especially with how piss easy our qualifying is.